3953. Verses 17-18. And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bare Jacob a fifth son. And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I gave my handmaid to my man; and she called his name Issachar. “And God hearkened unto Leah,” signifies the Divine love; “and she conceived and bare Jacob a fifth son,” signifies reception and acknowledgment; “and Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I gave my handmaid to my man,” signifies in the supreme sense the Divine good of truth and truth of good; in the internal sense, celestial conjugial love; and in the external sense, mutual love; “and she called his name Issachar,” signifies its quality.